Kathmandu, October 12
The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index rose by four points on Monday to close at 2,595 points.
NEPSE had gained 17.15 points in the previous trading session. However, the total transaction amount declined to Rs 4.46 billion from Rs 4.83 billion on the previous day.
Share prices of 105 companies increased, while those of 165 companies declined. Prices of seven companies remained unchanged.
The banking sector recorded the strongest gain among sectoral indices, rising by 1.01 per cent. The trading sector also increased by 1.02 per cent. Life insurance rose by 0.05 per cent, development banks by 0.53 per cent and finance companies by 0.21 per cent.
Meanwhile, hotels and tourism declined by 0.87 per cent, hydropower by 0.46 per cent, investment by 0.28 per cent, manufacturing and processing by 0.19 per cent, microfinance by 0.01 per cent, non-life insurance by 0.12 per cent and the other sector by 0.42 per cent.
Dhaulagiri Microfinance recorded the highest gain, rising by 15 per cent. Snow Rivers gained 13.92 per cent, Bungal Hydropower 4.75 per cent, and Super Mai Hydropower 3.98 per cent.
Rizline Energy fell by 6.29 per cent, followed by Taksar Pikhuwakhola Hydropower, which declined by 5.42 per cent.
Kumari Bank, Ghalemdi Hydropower, Sahas Urja, Laxmi Sunrise Bank, Prime Commercial Bank, Global IME Bank and Himalayan Distillery were among the most actively traded companies.
